174 words come out when you unscramble BANDOOKS, starting with BANDOOKS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. BANDOOK is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BANDOOKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
BANDOOK is the only one of the 7-letter words in BANDOOKS; it scores 14 points.
Among 32 5-letter words from BANDOOKS, the top score is 11, reached by 9. BOOKS, BANKS and BANDS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BANDOOKS; 13 of them share the top score of 10. BOOK, BANK and BAND are everyday picks.
BOK, KAB and KOB are the top 3-letter words in BANDOOKS, 9 points each. ASK, BAD and SON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BANDOOKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BANKS, BONKS, BOOKS, KNOBS and KOBOS (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BANDOOKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANDOOKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 122 | 174 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BANDOOKS, BANDOOK, KOBANS, BOAKS, BOKOS, DONKOS, KOBAN, KONDOS, NABKS, BOAK, BOKO, BOKS and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KOBOS, DOOBS, DOOB, NOOBS, NOOB, OBAS, OK, SOBA, DANS, DOSA, OBA, DAN and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of BANDOOKS plus a single extra one.